Correction from the March 3 issue

A sidebar with the feature story in the March issue of Abode misstated the name of a partner in the River’s Edge development. He is Chris Hays. Also, the sidebar incorrectly made a connection between the Rivanna Collaborative and the RiverBluff development, which is actually a project of Richard Price, Frank Smith and Jeff Smith.

Twenty years of local news and art in the spotlight

We’re now into the third month of our highly selective tour through the past two decades of local news and arts in C-VILLE. Already, we’ve touted our early jump on the Obama bandwagon (remember, this is the paper that projected DMB’s rise to the top), and this week, in light of recent news from the […]

First Street Church nears groundbreaking

It’s been almost two years since Hollywood director and UVA grad Tom Shadyac purchased the 1839 church that sits on the corner of First and Market streets with the intention of developing a day shelter for area homeless. “It was really neat to see how the town had grown, how the Downtown corridor had come […]

Who’s really wasting ratepayer money?

The agenda said the nearly two dozen people gathered at a long table in City Space on March 3 from the four local boards that control the water supply were there to discuss a set of task force recommendations about maintaining the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. Hah. As usual, the real issue the city and […]

Saturday night fighting in Fluvanna

To knock a man out takes a combination of strength, precision and luck. You have to hit him in the right place, and if you do he’ll go down, no matter who he is. Getting knocked out doesn’t hurt. “It’s a good feeling, actually,” boxing great Floyd Patterson once said. “It’s not painful, just a […]

Rich dreams

Dear Ace: Where do celebrities stay overnight when they come to Charlottesville?—Steve “Papa” Razzi Steve: What kind of celebrities do you mean? Famous local detectives prefer to take a load off at Miller’s, but only if someone forgets to check the men’s bathroom at closing. But if you’re referring to out-of-town celebrities like Jessica Simpson, […]